Joanne Francis reports: After a library book was returned to Nipawin Public Library, with records containing personal health information tucked into it’s pages, a library employee contacted Kelsey Trail Health Authority (KTHA). An employee from Nipawin Hospital retrieved the records of approximately 19 patients. Investigating it further, KTHA determined that a surgical assistant who was…
ID: Jerome School District falls victim to ransomware
Elenee Dao reports: The Jerome School District experienced some internet and phone issues early Monday morning, falling victim to ransomware. Chris Gibson, IT director of the district, said the virus happened early Monday morning around 3 a.m. and when he came into work at 6:30 a.m., he noticed the phone and internet not working. Gibson…
Mirai IoT Botnet Co-Authors Plead Guilty
Brian Krebs reports: The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday unsealed the guilty pleas of two men first identified in January 2017 by KrebsOnSecurity as the likely co-authors of Mirai, a malware strain that remotely enslaves so-called “Internet of Things” devices such as security cameras, routers, and digital video recorders for use in large scale attacks…
Franciscan Physician Network of Illinois and Specialty Physicians of Illinois notify patients of payment records lost or stolen from storage facility
Their press release: December 12 – Franciscan Physician Network of Illinois (FPN Illinois) and Specialty Physicians of Illinois, LLC (formerly known as Wellgroup Health Partners, LLC, “SPI”) are notifying patients of a privacy breach. On November 21, 2017, it was confirmed that a limited number of boxes that contained 22,000 patient payment records could not be located…
UK banks will be forced to publish security breach info and complaints
Katherine Lofthouse reports: UK banks will now have to publish complaints and security breach data as part of efforts to shake up Britain’s heavily consolidated industry. This means that it is vital for banks to be transparent in order to increase customer trust says Fujitsu UK & Ireland, responding to the news. Sarah Armstrong-Smith, head of continuity…
Former Manitoba Health employee snooped on records of family, senior public officials: ombudsman
CBC News reports: The province’s ombudsman says Manitoba Health didn’t do enough to mitigate the risks of a privacy breach. That was Charlene Paquin’s finding in a report detailing the investigation of an employee who accessed the medical records of his estranged daughter, colleagues and some senior public officials. The ombudsman’s report, released Tuesday, included 11 recommendations, including hiring…